In this section he also talks about the community’s social isolation and how that is related to crime in the community. Social isolation is defined as the lack of contact with the mainstream community. Social isolation caused by poverty in the community results in a lack of role models and prevents learning due to the isolation from mainstream. Section IV talks about the development of children in the community and different factors associated with it. Sampson talks about how delinquency starts early in a child’s life and determines the outcome of their adult life.
Undisciplined Child: If a child wasn’t train in the necessary social moral or good manner, you are starving a child from his future goal and behavior. Today we see thousand of teens, young adults and so called “baby boomers” whose lives are wreck because they cannot cope with life, unable to stand in his/her two feet and unable to comprehend why they are so unsuccessful at virtually everything they attempts to do. Dependent Child: Dependent child is the one who’s in need of proper and effective parental care and control and has no parent or guardian, or the parent or guardian willing to exercise or is incapable of excising care and control. A child who is destitute, or who is not provided with the necessities of life, where the home is “unfit” by reason of abuse, neglect, cruelty or depravity by a parent, guardian or other person having care or custody of the child. A child under the age of 18 years of age who found to have committed an act that would result in adjudication as a delinquent or incorrigible child committed by an older juvenile or child.
To answer this question, we must first understand why children as young as 12 have no home to go to OR why they choose life on the street as a better alternative to living at home. Let me introduce you to Dale, his story is typical of street kids. At the age of 13, Dale was homeless. His mother was a crack addict and her boyfriend was a violent user who brutalised Dale and his mother regularly. Dale had spent time in intensive care after one of his step father’s vicious beatings.
The lines of evidence relating to the psychology of criminal behaviors research correspond closely to the paternal and family risk factors that a criminal has experienced during their development stages in life from childhood to adulthood. The most supporting evidence of the risk factors could be found in single parent household, parental styles, parental monitoring, and the influence of the siblings. There are many other reasons as to why a person becomes a criminal, however is hard to determine the real reason that sparingly transpire and individual to commit crimes. There are more studies needed to be conducted to determine the mental status of a criminal. Is rationale to assume that parental and family risk factors played a vital part in the life of a criminal, because they are a product of their surroundings.
Introduction Law enforcement has failed the public in regards to curbing gang activity due to youth crime is purely lower class. It must be due to poverty, unemployment, social disorganization, culture conflict, and alienation. Youths who lack wealth or social standing are the most likely to use criminal means to achieve their goals. Communities that lack economic and social opportunities produce high levels of frustration. Different communities believe that law enforcement is responsible for curbing gang activity.
A. “L.A. Gang violence claims young victims”. (Brand NP) B. The problem is that young lives are being put in danger because of these active gangs and their members.
Like every other type of crime, it has negative effects on society. Most common consequences are fear among the community and harming the youths’ way of life. Who is considered as a Juvenile Delinquent? A juvenile delinquent is a person who is normally below the age of 18 and commits an action that would be charged as a criminal act if he were an adult. Juvenile delinquents sometimes suffer from conditions such as mental disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or bipolar disorder.
Many people are afraid to walk down their streets these days and parents whose kids join gangs often do not know how to handle this situation or how to help them out of this lifestyle. Many of the young teenagers joining a gang end up in prison destroying their futures. As many gangs perform violent crimes that affect a lot of people, it is important to understand the causes of why they form, why kids are eager to join them and what can be done to prevent them from doing this. The functionalist perspective is a good angle to look at this problem and shows how the breakdowns of various social institutions are leading to gangs and why kids join them. This perspective holds that problems of social institutions
Former students of residential schools have spoken of horrendous abuse at the hands of residential school staff: physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological. Residential schools provided Aboriginal students with an inferior education, often only up to grade five, that focused on training students for manual labour in agriculture, light industry such as woodworking, and domestic work such as laundry work and sewing. Residential schools systematically undermined Aboriginal culture across Canada and disrupted families for generations, severing the ties through which Aboriginal culture is taught and sustained, and contributing to a general loss of language and culture. Because they were removed from their families, many students grew up without experiencing a nurturing family life and without the knowledge and skills to raise their own families. The devastating effects of the residential schools are far-reaching and continue to have significant impact on Aboriginal communities.
With Australia having no infrastructure to prepare for the large numbers of non-English speaking migrants, traditional families were being torn apart as they were struggling to adapt and didn’t feel accepted in an alien culture. Alienation of migrants led to violence and crime in a venture to find a new type of belonging due to both parents becoming the breadwinners and not being able to be present for the children. Children were being lost to the street, typically joining gangs to group together to find a new belonging. The ‘5 T’ was a gang meaning ‘young people missing love’ who were looking for a belonging in destructive places and ways. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy.